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Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:21:02 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1Knewton Partners with Wizard in Brazilhttp://www.knewton.com/blog/adaptive-learning/knewton-partners-wizard-brazil/
http://www.knewton.com/blog/adaptive-learning/knewton-partners-wizard-brazil/#commentsFri, 26 Sep 2014 14:00:20 +0000http://www.knewton.com/?p=65683Read more]]>Brazil’s economy is growing rapidly, and the country is actively working to improve access to education, increase graduation rates, and encourage English language learning. At Knewton, we’re thrilled to join this effort through our partnership with Wizard, a leader in professional and language training in Brazil.

Wizard, which Pearson acquired in December 2013, is a leading language school in the Brazilian market, with more than 1,200 schools in Brazil, the United States, Japan, Costa Rica, and Paraguay. We’re excited to enter Brazil’s language learning space with such a trusted partner at both the national and local level.

Today, Wizard launched WIZARD Plus, a Knewton-powered digital training course that offers students of all ages a personalized learning experience. WIZARD Plus will be used in WIZARD learning centers across the country, enabling Brazilian students to learn English in a way that suits them best. WIZARD Plus includes adaptive in-class assignments for tablets, a website with additional activities, and soon a mobile app for practice.

A Wizard learning center.

As Sally Searby, one of my colleagues at Knewton with nearly two decades of experience in the language learning sector, puts it, “Adaptive learning courses offer an excellent way to learn a language as they take students on their own personalized learning journey and help them focus on the skills and language acquisition where they need the most support.” As students progress through the course, Knewton analyzes anonymized data to figure out what each student knows and recommends what exactly an individual should study — helping students at all levels progress more effectively toward their language learning goals.

]]>http://www.knewton.com/blog/adaptive-learning/knewton-partners-wizard-brazil/feed/0Knewton Partners with Elsevierhttp://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-elsevier/
http://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-elsevier/#commentsThu, 12 Jun 2014 13:15:17 +0000http://www.knewton.com/?p=64515Read more]]>We’re excited to announce that Knewton has partnered with Elsevier — a renowned provider of scientific, technical, and medical information and services — to bring personalized curricula to health and medical students around the world.

It’s partnerships like this one that represent the true potential of Knewton. Today, nearly every nursing student and registered practitioner in North America will use an Elsevier textbook in training or in practice. Knewton-powered Elsevier products will make it possible for all of these students to receive a personalized learning experience — ensuring that they have the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen career.

This is important in any field. But for health and medicine, the stakes are particularly high — and getting higher. Baby Boomers are aging. The healthcare system is changing. Science is advancing. Better education for future nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals means better patient care, more effective treatments, and ultimately, more saved lives.

Knewton’s partnership with Elsevier represents our entry into the health sciences. Like education, healthcare is a gateway problem — it drives virtually every other problem we face as a species. Improve healthcare, and we make all other problems more solvable. Improve health education, and we make improving healthcare that much easier.

]]>http://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-elsevier/feed/0Knewton Partners with Microsofthttp://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-microsoft/
http://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-microsoft/#commentsWed, 12 Mar 2014 11:50:24 +0000http://www.knewton.com/?p=63837Read more]]>Today, Microsoft announced a global alliance with Knewton to provide adaptive learning for more students around the globe. We’re thrilled to work together with Microsoft to make education more personalized, for more students.

Microsoft plans to introduce its vast partner and publisher ecosystem to Knewton so these partners can leverage the Knewton API and create learning experiences that adapt to each student. Additionally, by introducing Knewton technology to Ministries of Education around the world, Microsoft can streamline nationwide deployments of adaptive learning materials, helping more students access a more personalized learning experience.

For publishers and content providers that currently work with Microsoft (or plan to in the future), the partnership creates an exciting opportunity to incorporate adaptive learning seamlessly into product offerings. This means that publishers will be able to offer robust predictive analytics for teachers plus continuously updated recommendations for what each student needs to study next.

Knewton’s current partners include many of the world’s leading educational publishers. These companies use the Knewton infrastructure to improve learning outcomes by providing proficiency-based adaptivity and predictive analytics to students and teachers. But this isn’t the only way companies can work with Knewton. A wide variety of organizations — including LMSs, course delivery systems, app providers, hardware developers, and others — can leverage the Knewton platform to deliver adaptive learning. Knewton’s partnership with Microsoft is an early example of this flexibility.

Knewton and Microsoft are dedicated to using technology to improve opportunities for individuals in communities across the world. By bringing together Microsoft’s global reach and Knewton’s adaptive learning infrastructure, we can help more students reach their full potential. Stay tuned for details as the partnership unfolds and we announce upcoming projects.

The Knewton team is at the Microsoft Partner in Learning (PIL) Global Forum in Barcelona, Spain this week. Stop by our booth to say hi!

]]>http://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-microsoft/feed/1Knewton Partners with Cengage Learninghttp://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-cengage-learning/
http://www.knewton.com/blog/knerds/knewton-partners-cengage-learning/#commentsTue, 07 Jan 2014 20:38:09 +0000http://www.knewton.com/?p=63406Read more]]>We’re excited to announce that Knewton has partnered with Cengage Learning, one of the largest U.S. publishers in higher education.

Cengage Learning will use the Knewton API to provide personalized learning pathways for students and predictive analytics for teachers in select Management and Sociology higher education products. These Knewton-powered products are expected to launch in fall 2015.

Cengage Learning’s MindTap is an innovative, customizable digital platform that helps guide students through digital course experiences. By integrating MindTap with the Knewton infrastructure, Cengage Learning will help ensure that all students are engaged with course materials and can reach their full potential.